Health officials: Get updated COVID-19 booster, flu shot
SEATTLE (AP) — Health officials in Washington’s most populous county are urging people to get the new COVID-19 booster. Public Health – Seattle…
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Everything you need to know about the updated Covid-19 boosters
CNN, YOUTUBE, CONVERSATIONS ON HEALTH CARE, CDC, PFIZER, MODERNA By Brenda Goodman, CNN There’s a new kind of Covid-19 shot coming to a…
Continue Reading Americans may need yearly shots to protect against Covid-19
By Brenda Goodman, CNN Americans may need to get a single Covid-19 vaccination every year, federal health officials said Tuesday, making clear that…
Continue Reading What moves us ‘closer to the unfortunate finish line of getting long Covid’
CNN By Sandee LaMotte, CNN You may have up to a 50% higher risk of developing long Covid-19 if you suffer from common psychiatric issues such as…
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New updated COVID-19 boosters could be available in Oregon as soon as next week, OHA says
Federal authorities on Thursday authorized the use of new updated bivalent COVID-19 boosters for people 12 and older, and the Oregon Health Authority…
Continue Reading CDC signs off on updated Covid-19 boosters
By Brenda Goodman, CNN Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, signed off Thursday on the…
Continue Reading Student test scores plummeted in math and reading after the pandemic, new assessment finds
By Carma Hassan, Deidre McPhillips and Eric Levenson, CNN Math and reading scores for 9-year-olds in the US fell between 2020 and 2022 by a level not…
Continue Reading FDA authorizes Pfizer and Moderna’s updated Covid-19 boosters
By Naomi Thomas and Brenda Goodman, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized updated Covid-19 vaccine booster shots from…
Continue Reading US life expectancy lowest in decades after dropping nearly a full year in 2021
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN After a historic drop in 2020, life expectancy in the United States took another significant hit in 2021. According to…
Continue Reading China shuts world’s largest electronics market as Shenzhen imposes more lockdowns
By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau China’s southern city of Shenzhen on Monday shut down the world’s largest electronics market…
Continue Reading Jill Biden tests negative for Covid-19 and will return to Washington on Tuesday
By Donald Judd, CNN First lady Jill Biden has tested negative for Covid-19 after a rebound case and will return to the Washington, DC, area on…
Continue Reading CDC adds a new country to its ‘high’ risk category for travel, but Morocco leaves it
Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN The CDC added one new destination on Monday to its “high” risk list for Covid-19. Azerbaijan, which…
Continue Reading Moderna files patent infringement lawsuits against Pfizer and BioNTech over mRNA Covid-19 vaccines
By Amanda Sealy and Brenda Goodman, CNN Moderna on Friday filed patent infringement lawsuits against Pfizer and BioNTech “for infringing…
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OHA biweekly report shows drop in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, deaths
The Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 Biweekly Data Report, released Wednesday, shows a decrease in COVID-19-related cases. hospitalizations and…
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Jill Biden has ‘rebound’ COVID-19 case, president negative
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again in an apparent “rebound” case, after she tested negative for the…
Continue Reading WHO: COVID deaths down by 15%, cases fall nearly everywhere
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says the number of coronavirus deaths reported worldwide has fallen by 15% in the last week while new…
Continue Reading Moderna, Pfizer seek FDA authorization for updated Covid-19 vaccines; shots could be available next month
By Carma Hassan and Brenda Goodman, CNN Moderna submitted its application to the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization of…
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State says COVID-19 protocols up to school districts; Bend-La Pine keeps one-party mask recommendation
The 2022-23 school year in Oregon will see limited Covid-19 precautions, compared to the past two…
Continue Reading First lady Dr. Jill Biden tests positive for Covid-19
By Betsy Klein and Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Dr. Jill Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, her spokesperson…
Continue Reading Shoppers rush for the exits as Shanghai Ikea goes into lockdown
By Kathleen Magramo and CNN’s Beijing bureau Panicked shoppers rushed for the exits at an Ikea branch in Shanghai on Saturday after city health…
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